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[Jxbrrd]

I frequently get this error message when trying to import photos and its driving me a little crazy.  sometimes its all the files, sometimes its some of them.   I can't seem to figure out why it happens or how to fix it.   Eventually it "sees" the previews and imports but can anyone help me not get this problem?

[F. McLion]

How do you import?

Direct camera connection?

Card Reader?

Usually, this is a sign of issues with the connection to the camera or a bad card reader.

To sort this out, try to copy the images to the desktop first using finder and then import from there. Does that work more stable?

[Jxbrrd]

direct from the camera

[ManiacJoe]

Jxbrrd  wrote

direct from the camera

This is not really the immediate help you are looking for, but in the long run you will be much happier using a card reader.

Card readers are faster in the transfer, less error prone, require no special device drivers, and do not drain your camera battery.

[Jxbrrd]

Should I see an image of the hard drive on the camera when I don’t open light room but simply plug in the camera and turn on the camera?

[F. McLion]

On Windows, something like that, yes. I assume it's about the same on Mac.

[Jxbrrd]

yeah I wasn't seeing a hard drive icon